A TRUE BRITISH SOLDIER

... A TRUB BRITISH SOLDIBR. A correspondent sends us the following particulars C of the military experience of Sergeant James Hill, of the ( 23rd Regiment, a gallant Scot hloo has just left Fort Pitt General Hospital. This brave, determiped man escaped unhurt amidst the 1 terrific shower of round, Mi;iD, 24 and 32 pound shot, until EB within siX yards of a battery, when one entered the lower I ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 783 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON THE HEIGHTS ABOVE SEBASTOPOL

... it that mrn perc alto' rhe Leg 5en T rromt Nat to a whs %b3( rH: stat tion har the woe abo shee plut lice calk sior Cza gov tros try ocet dov of i stri He A wit wer rad her neo son teea ph3 Burl was idei mu nol jlot w~e' via Th into inI toe an dei of tht ail Ou Camp, May 7, 1855. The expedition to Kertch has returnod, to the i astonishment of every one. Surely there is a fatality attend- ing ...

Published: Wednesday 23 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1004 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

NAVAL AND MILITARY

... ce ADMIRALTY, MAY 8.-APPOINTMENTS,-Lisijt he Psckwood (1850), tohe e Retribution, 28, paddlewheel D steam frigate, os 40 -horse power, Mediterranean station. i,.¢ting Clerks J. Healer, to the Hloratio, 24, screw Idsteam guard ship of 250-horse power, at Sheerness; and IDW. W. B. Cayney, to the Volage, 22, at Sheerness. I T- PORTSMOUTH, Max 8. s i The Enterprise, discovery ship, Captain ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1233 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT

... WIND ANJ? ? flLU. si?'Z U. ctdft q'V.4I ? 7*1 * L? 01*. ,i,*I 4 din ?? (P3GM tHU oYuIO3? ?w m ?.uCYl1O j OGXPANT?) - - FHlDLTM?? ?? o?uraeot?V?nd. atatee?w?th?& ?? .Kaaahutew.?..4..?..na.. 'NdW.l..A ' Lolhbnry ?? 8W. ?? - Vety?hke.?*' ?? W. ?? Cloudy. F.Cold. I? ?? ?. N.W. .4? CloudF-Col&?. ? ?? * ?? ?? ??*W??V1t4lp. Oowee ? ? . Clouds.. Poole. ? Fine. W.L?1Ud3. - Plymouth ?? Mv. ?? Fine. ...

Published: Saturday 12 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 444 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

A REGIMENT OF BASHI-BAZOUKS

... TO THE IIDIT6R OP THE DAILY VEV'3. Snt,-Early in the 19th century, a regiment of Cavalry-said to huve been stationed in Ireland for more than a hundred years, anod that in remote parts and in small detachments, still-bunting, &e., &o.-was sent to Ipswicb to be drilled. It was inspected by General G., who put into general orders a most savage and brutal denunciation of this unfortunate cofps, ...

Published: Monday 21 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1169 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

NAVAL AND MILITARY

... j AT4JAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, MAY 18.-APPOI:NTMENTs._-ASist- nt.Surgeons F. Creighton (1550), to the Hawke, 60, screw steam ship, at Sheerness; and R. Evans (1S61), to the Cornwallis, 00, screw steam ship, atDevonport. second Master C. K. HEa well, to the St. George, 120, at Spitbead. Actingd Aseistant.SurgeonS J. Noble, to the Majestic, 80, screw steam ship, at 400 horss-power, at ...

Published: Saturday 19 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1823 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

CONTINUATION OF DIARY FROM THE CRIMEA

... CONTINUATI ON- OF DIARY FROM. THE CRIMEA. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MYr I. The following was issued late last night:- - GElxrzAL ArTER ORDER. April SO. The Comnmander of the Forces has the highest satisfaction in publishing to the army the copy of a despatch which he has received from the Minister at War, conveying her Majesty's gracions approbation of the conduct of the troops engaged in ...

Published: Sunday 20 May 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2083 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

MORAL ANATOMY of the METROPOLIS

... M&ORAL ANATOMY of tho XETROPOIS. There has just been issued a series of .valuable Tables, showing the number of persons taken into 6distody by' the ?? Police, and the results, in the year 1854. These statistical returns afford illustratioxis,' ~which-sate both curious and interesting, respecting the habits of: the population of London. . Nearly one person out' of ev ery thirty falls into the ...

Published: Sunday 13 May 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1066 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: News 

CLUBS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASSES

... CLUBS FOR THE XIDDLE CLASSES. Wre continue the subject on which we broke ground the weel before last. We have in some measure precognised the classes to be accommodated, and will now endeavour to point out the mode in which they should be attracted to our district Club. As meeting a universal demand, there should be, in the very first place, a good and commodious News-room, sup- plied with ...

Published: Sunday 06 May 1855
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 923 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURE

... AG[RICULTURS.i REVIEW OF THE BRITISH AN) FOREIGN CORhN TADEDURiNlGT'HBE PAST WEEl. 8e (From the Mark' Lne Express.) A more genial temperituro iii part, and.some acceptable showeri,' together with better arrivals, chccked the uplyard tendency of last s week, and produlced a little rocation in ?? of consnmers. As' Y might have been expected, tho hetter prices haive brought out more d frores' ...

Published: Friday 18 May 1855
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 630 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

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... FRANCE. I PARIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 28.—An Imperial Decree, published in the Moniteur of this morning, postpones the opening of the International Exhibition from the 1st to the 15th of May, General Bizot, of the Engineers, who was severely wounded before Sebastopol, has been appointed to the rank of General of Division. The Patrie publishes a message from Vienna, stating that the Austrian ...

Published: Friday 04 May 1855
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2770 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

NEWPORT BURIAL BOARD.—WEDNESDAY

... Present-The Vicar, in the chair; Messrs. Homfray, H. J. Davis, William Graham, J. Brown, Moore, Dowling, Davies, Morrison, Woollett, and Rennie. The Clerk was ordered to pay the amount of policy of insurance on the cemetery chapels, for £ 500 each. A letter from the architects, Messrs. Johnson and Purdue, enclosing a plan for the gardener's lodge, near the Basselleg road, the expense of which ...

Published: Friday 18 May 1855
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 414 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News